Today was an early one: Greg arrived early this morning at the airport. My flight arrived from LAX at roughly 6:45 am, so I figured Greg’s flight would arrive at roughly the same time. Unfortunately, there was a time change in the States that sorta slipped my mind; so needless to say, I was a bit late in picking him up. Oops. The time change here in New Zealand doesn’t happen until this coming weekend, so I’ll lay the blame on poor governmental policy. Anyhow, once we got back to the hotel, we packed up my things, grabbed a quick breakfast and headed out. We ventured south of Auckland into the country’s active thermal areas, which, for those that have been, are very much like those found in Yellowstone National Park. There are numerous fields of
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